Warren Luff
Warren Luff (born 21 April 1976), is best known as a race driver, stunt driver and driver training instructor. He is the son of well-known driver training instructor Ian Luff. He currently co-drives for Walkinshaw Andretti United in the Supercars Championship with Chaz Mostert in the No. 25 Holden ZB Commodore.
Warren Luff | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | 21 April 1976 44) Sydney, New South Wales | (age
Supercars Record | |
Car number | 25 |
Current team | Walkinshaw Andretti United (Endurance Race Co-Driver) |
Series championships | 0 |
Races | 130 |
Race wins | 3 |
Podium finishes | 11 |
Pole positions | 0 |
2019 Championship position | 29th (632 pts) |
After starting in the Improved Production category in the early 1990s, he progressed to the Australian Super Touring Championship in 1997 & 1998 and his V8 Supercar debut was at the 1999 Queensland 500. He then joined various one make categories with great success. He was champion of the Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Cup in 1999 and 2000, then champion in the Brute Utes series in 2002 and 2003, as well as one off's in the Porsche 944 Challenge in 2003 [1] and the Australian Mini Challenge in 2009 and 2010 [2] seasons.
On 16 September 2012, Luff won his first ever V8 Supercars race, teaming up with Vodafone's Craig Lowndes at the Sandown 500. On 7 October 2012, Luff and Lowndes finished 3rd in the Supercheap Bathurst 1000, the 50th running of the event, where their car ran special Peter Brock livery to commemorate the history of Bathurst and Lowndes' mentor. In 2013, again with Lowndes, Luff won the inaugural Enduro Cup. For 2014 Luff teamed up with Garth Tander to contest the 2014 Pirtek Enduro Cup for the Holden Racing Team. Tander and Luff joined forces again in 2015, and despite not winning a race, won the 2015 Enduro Cup, resulting in Luff becoming the first driver to win the award twice.
Career results
Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
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1995 | Australian Suzuki Swift Series | 4th | Suzuki Swift GTi | Ian Luff Motivation |
1999 | Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Series | 1st | Mitsubishi Mirage RS | Ian Luff Motivation |
Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E | 5th | Peugeot 306 Style | Northshore Rallysport | |
2000 | Australian Mitsubishi Mirage Series | 1st | Mitsubishi Mirage RS | Ian Luff Motivation |
Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E | 3rd | Peugeot 306 Style | Northshore Rallysport | |
2002 | V8 Brute Utes Series | 1st | Ford AU Falcon XR8 Ute | Coopers Racing |
V8 Supercar Championship Series | 58th | Holden VX Commodore | Lansvale Racing Team | |
2003 | V8 Brute Utes Series | 1st | Ford AU Falcon XR8 Ute | Coopers Racing |
V8 Supercar Championship Series | 49th | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing | |
2004 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 21st | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2005 | V8 Supercar Development Series | 2nd | Ford BA Falcon | Paul Cruickshank Racing |
V8 Supercar Championship Series | 55th | Stone Brothers Racing | ||
2006 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 27th | Ford BA Falcon | Britek Motorsport |
2007 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 60th | Ford BF Falcon | Britek Motorsport |
2008 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 37th | Ford BF Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2009 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 48th | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
Australian Mini Challenge | 21st | Mini John Cooper Works Challenge | Decorug Racing | |
2010 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 28th | Ford FG Falcon Holden VE Commodore |
Dick Johnson Racing Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
Australian Mini Challenge | 19th | Mini John Cooper Works Challenge | McElrea Racing | |
2011 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 28th | Holden VE Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
2012 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 30th | Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
V8 Ute Racing Series | 41st | Holden VE Ute SS | Auto One Wildcard | |
Australian GT Championship | 19th | Audi R8 LMS | Melbourne Performance Centre | |
2013 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 3rd | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | McElrea Racing |
International V8 Supercars Championship | 29th | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | |
Australian GT Championship | 28th | Audi R8 LMS Ultra | Melbourne Performance Centre | |
V8SuperTourers Championship | 40th | Ford FG Falcon | John McIntyre Racing | |
2014 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 2nd | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 | No Second Chance / Phase 8 |
Australian GT Championship | 17th | Audi R8 LMS Ultra | JAMEC PEM Racing | |
International V8 Supercars Championship | 38th | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | |
2015 | Australian GT Championship | 40th | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car McLaren 650S GT3 |
Fastway Couriers Objective Racing |
International V8 Supercars Championship | 27th | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | |
2016 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 37th | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
Australian Endurance Championship | 21st | McLaren 650S GT3 | McElrea Racing | |
2017 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 33rd | Holden VF Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing |
2018 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 31st | Holden ZB Commodore | Walkinshaw Andretti United |
2019 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 29th | Holden ZB Commodore | Walkinshaw Andretti United |
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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19971 | FAI Insurance | Honda Accord | ![]() |
10th | 138 |
19981 | Knight Racing | Ford Mondeo | ![]() |
DNF | 18 |
2002 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden Commodore VX | ![]() |
15th | 159 |
2003 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | ![]() |
13th | 156 |
2004 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BA | ![]() |
7th | 161 |
2005 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon BA | ![]() |
DNF | 144 |
2006 | Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BA | ![]() |
DNF | 102 |
2007 | Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon BF | ![]() |
DNF | 134 |
2008 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon BF | ![]() |
11th | 161 |
2009 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon FG | ![]() |
DNF | 84 |
2010 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon FG | ![]() |
5th | 161 |
2011 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE | ![]() |
15th | 161 |
2012 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VE | ![]() |
3rd | 161 |
2013 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
3rd | 161 |
2014 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
DNS | 0 |
2015 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
3rd | 161 |
2016 | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
DNF | 150 |
2017 | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() |
2nd | 161 |
2018 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() |
2nd | 161 |
2019 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() |
7th | 161 |
^1 - Super Touring 1000
Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2002 | ![]() |
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Mitsubishi Magna | 10 | 424 | 22nd | 7th |
2003 | ![]() |
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Holden Commodore VY SS | E | 382 | 26th | 3rd |
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2008 | ![]() |
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Ford BF Falcon XR8 | D | 193 | 23rd | 3rd |
2010 | ![]() |
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Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X | A | 106 | DNF | DNF |
2011 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS GT3 | A | 292 | 2nd | 2nd |
2012 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS GT3 | A | 156 | DNF | DNF |
2013 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS | A | 162 | DNF | DNF |
2014 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS Ultra | A | 0 | DNS | DNS |
2015 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS Ultra | AA | 0 | 13th | 5th |
2016 | ![]() |
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McLaren 650S GT3 | AA | 49 | DNF | DNF |
2017 | ![]() |
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McLaren 650S GT3 | APA | 268 | 20th | 6th |
2018 | ![]() ![]() |
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McLaren 650S GT3 | APA | 260 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | ![]() |
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McLaren 650S GT3 | APA | 268 | 23rd | 6th |
References
- http://www.944challenge.com/2003_Points.htm 2003 Porsche 944 Cup Pointscore
- http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?02/05/2010.QRI.MINI.M 2010 Mini Challenge QLD Raceway Pointscore
External links
- Official V8 Supercars Profile
- NMD Australia Profile
- Warren Luff career summary at DriverDB.com
- Conrod V8 Database Profile
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by None |
Winner of the Pirtek Enduro Cup 2013 (with Craig Lowndes) |
Succeeded by Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell |
Preceded by Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell |
Winner of the Pirtek Enduro Cup 2015 (with Garth Tander) |
Succeeded by Shane van Gisbergen Alexandre Prémat |